Financial consultant gets 22 months' jail for forging documents to feed gambling addiction
Published on Mar 3, 2015 6:56 PM
By Amir Hussain
SINGAPORE - A personal financial consultant who forged bank documents and used $73,900 out of the $95,000 he obtained illegally to gamble at casinos was jailed for 22 months on Tuesday.
Lee Cheng Liang, 29, joined OCBC bank in January 2011 and was working at the bank's Bedok North branch during the period of his offences.
Sometime in October 2012, the branch manager noticed several cash deposits Lee made over the counter into an account in his father's name. Her suspicion was aroused by the high frequency of deposits and large amounts involved.
Investigations subsequently uncovered the offences, which took place from July to October 2012.
